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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 109

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افمن اسس بنيانه على تقوى من الله ورضوان خير ام من اسس بنيانه على شفا جرف هار فانهار به في نار جهنم والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين

Which then is best?—he that Layeth his foundation On piety to God And His Good Pleasure?—or he That layeth his foundation On an undermined sand-cliff Ready to crumble to pieces? And it doth crumble to pieces With him, into the fire Of Hell. And God guideth not People that do wrong.

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  • Verse 109 of 129
  • Juz 11
  • Page 204

Word by word

  1. أَفَمَنْThen is (one) whoafaman
  2. أَسَّسَfoundedassasa
  3. بُنْيَـٰنَهُۥhis buildingbun'yānahu
  4. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  5. تَقْوَىٰrighteousnesstaqwā
  6. مِنَfrommina
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. وَرِضْوَٰنٍand (His) pleasurewariḍ'wānin
  9. خَيْرٌbetterkhayrun
  10. أَمoram
  11. مَّنْ(one) whoman
  12. أَسَّسَfoundedassasa
  13. بُنْيَـٰنَهُۥhis buildingbun'yānahu
  14. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  15. شَفَاedgeshafā
  16. جُرُفٍ(of) a cliffjurufin
  17. هَارٍۢ(about to) collapsehārin
  18. فَٱنْهَارَso it collapsedfa-in'hāra
  19. بِهِۦwith himbihi
  20. فِىinfī
  21. نَارِ(the) Firenāri
  22. جَهَنَّمَ ۗ(of) Helljahannama
  23. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  24. لَا(does) notlā
  25. يَهْدِىguideyahdī
  26. ٱلْقَوْمَthe wrongdoing peoplel-qawma
  27. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoing peoplel-ẓālimīna

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